Comments on: Microsoft Office 2007 has plenty that’s new

By: Laurel

Laurel — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:14:49 +0000

I’ve been a word user for probably as long as its been around, but Word 7 is plain frustrating. Simple things like using a bullet (when I click the bullet, my whole page gets bullets whether I want it to or not), or trying to bold a word or two (the whole document bolds). Trying to print labels is plain maddening. Using the Mailings/Mail Merge function is useless. If I cut & paste an address to a label, I may have the name in bold & the address in a regular font prior to cutting, but when I paste, it is either all in bold, or the bold is reversed. Plus I can’t seem to save any defaults no matter how many things I try. I don’t want to have to set up a letter everytime I use Word. What is with all the double spacing that I can’t seem to get rid of. This program came with my new computer with no instructions. All I can say is that I hate it!

By: Harald Felgner

Harald Felgner — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:24:32 +0000

SmartArt? The Office killer feature that I would not stop to promote, promote, and promote if I was in a Microsoft marketing position: http://www.felgner.ch/2007/11/office_killer_features.html.

By: SEO Snyman

SEO Snyman — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:02:01 +0000

Open Office is definitely a worthy alternative to a very expensive product. Open source software is where the future lies. Microsoft must be sweating the success of linux….

By: Easy SEO

Easy SEO — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:34:49 +0000

I originally started using Open Office as I was trying to save monies, there where bugs, and now they have been sorted. Have you tried it out its really worth a try.

What Office 2007 has done is added the X extension to the end of the files which does not allow Open Office users from opening these files. Its there way to fight back.

By: Stephanie Cox

Stephanie Cox — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:57:45 +0000

While I agree it’s very frustrating to have to unlearn a skill, in the long run this new office is worth it. Spend a couple hours on the weekend learning it. You won’t regret it!

By: Nick Rice

Nick Rice — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:55:21 +0000

And don’t forget, Apple-style bottom reflecting graphics are super easy in PowerPoint.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:01:31 +0000

Yes, I got the new 2007 and am quite disappointed that I had to relearn the menus.

The program enhancements could have easily been made without the wholesale change in look and feel.

It is almost like learning a new program. I wish MS would have allowed an option or preference setting to retain the “classic” menu.

This has not been a positive experience for me. And lo, look at this, the MS Publisher barely changed. What’s up with that?

By: Nicole Bandes

Nicole Bandes — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:53:10 +0000

Not new to 2007 but a definite improvement is Business Contact Manager for Outlook. This is a great tool for small businesses that don’t want to invest large dollars into CRM software and are already using Outlook as their main email program anyway. It doesn’t come installed automatically. It’s a separate CD with Office Small Biz and Office Pro.